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Ammodo Tiger Short Competition

20 December 2017

IFFR presents the complete line-up of its Ammodo Tiger Short Competition, among which 14 world premieres. 22 films from all conceivable genres, from 18 different countries, and varying in length from 7 to 52 minutes, compete for 3 equal awards each worth €5,000.

Several of the selected filmmakers this year also feature in other IFFR sections. The world premiere of The Worldly Cave is a new work by Chinese artist Zhou Tao, to whom IFFR also dedicates an artist profile in its Deep Focus section. In the world premiere of his film Glimpse, Polish artist Artur Żmijewski allows images of refugees speak for themselves; IFFR also presents a comprehensive retrospective on Żmijewski’s often thought-provoking films. Tree Identification for Beginners by Yto Barrada seamlessly connects with the PACT theme programme focusing on Pan-Africanism in cinema. And filmmaker Maryam Tafakory is represented with Absent Wound, but also screens two other short films in IFFR’s Bright Future section.

Ammodo Tiger Short Competition

The power of short: twenty-three films compete in the short film selection to three equivalent prizes.

This year’s line-up seems decidedly politically engaged. Monira Al Qadiri, the only Kuwaiti filmmaker shortlisted, combines childhood drawings, aliens and the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in her imaginative The Craft. And British filmmaker Heather Phillipson takes on the patriarchy in her dazzling and provocative animated film WHAT’S THE DAMAGE.

But the Ammodo Tiger Short Competition isn’t the only place at IFFR to get your short film fix. The Bright Future Short and Voices Short programmes also contain a wide variety of short films. They are screened ahead of feature films, in short film compilations and in the annual short film marathon in KINO.

IFFR’s Tiger Short Competition was recently renamed after its new partner Ammodo, an organisation supporting art and science. The awards will be presented on Sunday 28 January 2018.

A complete overview of short films at IFFR 2018 will be released later this week.

Festival director Bero Beyer:

“We’re thrilled to have found a partner in Ammodo to support us in providing an experimental platform for makers and audiences.”